Five sub counties Rachuonyo North, Rariaeda, Kisumu West, Seme, and Mbita have the highest number of illegal undersized fishing gillnets on the Kenyan portion of Lake Victoria, a survey showed — an indication of lapses in surveillance and law enforcement.
Undersized gillnets with a mesh size below five inches are outlawed in Kenya due to the damage to fish stocks, especially smaller immature ones.
